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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:CES: "Populism in Europe from the Right to the Left"
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SUMMARY:CES: "Populism in Europe from the Right to the Left"
DESCRIPTION:<div class="scroll"><div class="summary">Read more on the <a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2967" data-url="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2967">Center for European Studies Website</a>.</div><div class="summary"></div><div class="summary">The past fifteen years have seen a resurgence of populist politics in Europe ranging from parties such as the Front national in France to the left-wing party Podemos in Spain. What is the significance of these movements at a moment of persistent economic malaise, intense popular frustration with unemployment and social inequality, anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism? Three distinguished experts in the field, Laurent Bouvet (Université de Versailles à St. Quentin en Yvelines), Sophia Perez (Boston University) and Cas Mudde (University of Georgia) offer their perspectives.<div style="text-align: center;"> <br> <em>With the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div></div><div class="speakers"><div class="speaker"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentbouvet"> Laurent Bouvet</a> <span class="affiliations">Professor of Political Science, Université de Versailles, St. Quentin-en-Yvelines</span></div><div class="speaker"><a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/works.bepress.com/cas_mudde"> Cas Mudde</a> <span class="affiliations">Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia</span></div><div class="speaker"><a href="http://www.bu.edu/polisci/people/faculty/perez/"> Sofia A. Perez</a> <span class="affiliations">Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University</span></div></div><div class="sponsors"><span>Sponsors:</span> <a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/contemporary-europe/">Contemporary Europe Study Group</a>; <a href="https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/southern-europe/">A Center-Periphery Europe? Perspectives from Southern Europe Study Group</a></div><div class="contact"><span>Contact:</span> Laura Frader, <a href="mailto:lfrader@neu.edu">lfrader@neu.edu</a></div></div>
LOCATION:Adolphus Busch Hall, Lower Level Conference Room
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